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The mystery of the mammoth bones : and how it was solved
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The mystery of the mammoth bones : and how it was solved
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Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Willson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."
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Title
The mystery of the mammoth bones : and how it was solved
Call No
569.67 GIB
Authors
Giblin, James Cross
Subjects
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.
Paleontologists--United States--Biography.
Mastodons--New York (State)--Newburgh.
Language
English
Published
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
Publication Desc
97 p. : ill. ;
ISBN
0060274948
LCCN
98006701
Dimensions
24 cm.